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Download The Effects of Climate Change on Biodiversity and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity! Correction officer SPO'S Study Guide Definition for "Ethics" - A set of moral issues or aspects. Seven Internal and external influences that affect and complicate an officer's decision. - 1. Pressures come from various sources. 2. Relationships with friends and family. 3. The media 4. Department Regulations 5. Citizens 6. Interdepartmental Politics 7. The officer's own ethical and moral beliefs. Identify four factors which contribute to unethical behavior. - 1. Anger 2. Lust 3. Greed 4. Peer Pressure What an ethical correctional officer will do while on duty. - 1. Treat everyone professionally and without bias. 2. Conduct duties objectively. 3. Respect the profession of corrections. 4. Be responsible to his/her family and community. What and ethical correctional officer will not do while on duty. - 1. Use excessive force. 2. Accept gratuities. 3. Commit perjury. 4. Falsify reports. List reasons a well written report is important. - 1. A report is a permanent record. 2. A report reflects on the training of the reporter. 3. Reports may be reviewed by many people, including the public. 4. Reports may be used in court. 5. Reports can be a means of: a. Justifying a correctional officer's actions. b. Confirming or justifying a facility's policies and procedures. c. Changing a facility's policy and procedure. Describe requirements of a well written report. - a. Complete b. Concise c. Clear d. Correct e. Professional Explain the primary sources of inmate rights - 1. United States Constitutional Amendments. 2. Case Law. 3. Federal Statutory Rights. 4. State Statutory Rights. Explain the general parts of a civil lawsuit in a correctional setting. - 1. Plaintiff - the party that brings a civil suit in a court of law. 2. Defendant - the person sued in a civil proceeding. 3. Tort - civil wrong, other than breach of contract, for which a remedy may be obtained in the form of damages. Identify the legal standards in which use of force is evaluated in a correctional setting. - 1. Was the force applied in a good faith effort to maintain or restore discipline or order? 2. Was the force applied maliciously and sadistically for the very purpose of causing harm? Explain the U. S. S. C. ruling that defines the standards of deliberate indifference, according to Farmer v. Brennan (1994). - Correction officials must know of and disregard a substantial risk of serious risk of serious harm, to include the prisoner's health and safety. Explain what qualifies as deliberate indifference to medical needs, according to Estelle v. Gamble (1976). - Unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain through refusal of medical care by correctional or medical staff or intentionally delaying or interfering with treatment. Seven factors required of a correctional officer. - 1.Job knowledge. 2.Self-confidence. 3.Consistent temperament. 4.The ability to communicate. 5.The ability to recognize individual differences. 6.The ability to correct and praise. 7.Keep your word. Five reasons for corrections training. - 1.To acquire new knowledge. 2.To prepare for proper job performance. 3.To improve safety and survival during critical events. 4.To standardize procedures within the field of corrections. 5.To build confidence with new found knowledge and skills. Define the term "Bail." - A guarantee, usually in the form of money, that the accused will appear in court. Visual clues used during the first part of observing. - 1.Inmate behavior 2.appearances 3.Environment "4" clues that can be used to develop inferences. - 1.Inmate feelings. 2.Inmate relationships. 3.Inmate energy levels. 4.inmate values. Four steps in listening. - 1.Suspemd judgment. 2.Pick out key words of phrases. 3.Identify the intensity of what was said. 4.Reflect on mood. Two "Add-on" skills used in I.P.C. - 1.Respond to inmate. 2.Asking questions. Items that may be used to determine intensity. - 1.Volume 2.Emotion 3.Voice pitch "Identify Content" - The skill of seeing and hearing what is really happening and the ability to reflect that understanding back to the inmate. Two steps in identifying content. - 1.Think about the content, "What was seen and/or Heard." 2.Reflect back using a responding format. "Identify Meaning" - Requires you to paraphrase the content of an inmate's statement in such a way as to provide a meaningful reason for the inmate's feeling. Two steps in identifying meaning. - 1.Think about the meaning. 2.Reflect back to the feeling and meaning. Identify the two steps in handling request. - 1.Check things out. 2.Give a response with a reason. Reasons for giving an inmate an explanation for an officer's response. - 1.Apply the basic skills. 2.Minimize future gripes. 3.If approved, it may be conditioned for this time. "Reinforcing Behavior" - The ability to administer negative and positive consequences effectively. Two parts of reinforcing Behavior - 1.Reinforce positively and negatively. 2.Use verbal and non verbal techniques.